Etymology

plural

plur·al
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Today it means: Consisting of or containing more than one of something. Full definition →

Middle English plurelle ← Old French plurel ← Latin plūrālis
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromplūrālis“of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many”
  2. Old French · derived fromplurel“plural”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromplurelle
  4. English todayplural

From Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel (“plural”), Borrowed from Latin plūrālis (“of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many”, adjective), from plūs, plūris (“more”) + -ālis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.